Mechanistic
(adjective)
- Relating to, using, or involving a machine or machines.
- Relating to the theory or approach to something that regards it as similar to a machine or mechanism.
- Treating living things, human behavior, or mental processes as if they were inanimate things, without allowing for the influence of feelings or the conscious mind.
Origin:
From late latin mechanicus, from greek mēkhanē, a machine, contraption.
Examples:
- His approach to studying the brain is highly mechanistic.
- The economy is becoming more and more mechanistic.
- The factory produces a massive amount of products in a highly mechanistic fashion.
- Her latest work explores the limitations of a purely mechanistic model of human behavior.
- This new algorithm provides a more mechanistic approach to finding solutions.